The Hogwarts Professor You'd Be, Based on Your Myers-Briggs Personality Type

After years of quietly observing every Hogwarts staff member from behind Dumbledore's desk, the Sorting Hat has opinions. Turns out it's been matching professors to Myers-Briggs types this whole time, and it's finally ready to share its findings. So if you've ever wondered which professor you'd be after trading your Muggle job for a position at the world's most chaotic school, here's your answer. Revelio Personalityus! 

INFP — Sybill Trelawney

You're Trelawney, which means you're either genuinely gifted or spectacularly delusional (it's probably both). You live in a world of intuition, symbolism and inner meaning that makes perfect sense to you and absolutely no sense to anyone operating in observable reality. Your classroom is an aesthetic experience: heavy on sage incense, light on verifiable curriculum.

As an INFP, you lead with inner values and idealism, which in your case manifests as an unshakeable belief in your prophetic abilities. You're convinced you're connected to something deeper, and you know what? Sometimes you actually are. 

INTJ — Severus Snape

Yes, you're Snape — the most complex personality at Hogwarts — strategic, brilliant and perpetually three moves ahead of everyone else. You have backup plans for your backup plans, and probably a contingency for if those fail too. Your standards are impossibly high, and you have zero patience for incompetence.

You also harbor precisely one deep feeling that you'll carry for decades while showing absolutely no outward sign of emotional vulnerability. Your love language is secretly protecting people while insulting them to their face. Very INTJ. Not at all complicated.

INFJ — Remus Lupin

You're Lupin, which means you're quietly perceptive, deeply empathetic, and convinced everyone will reject you once they know the “true you.” You see and understand people as individuals. You make them feel capable and valued. They remember you years later because you actually gave a damn.

As an INFJ, you lead with understanding and moral principle. You recognize exactly what someone needs — whether it's mentorship, confidence, or just chocolate and a listening ear. You connect with others on a level that feels almost unfair, reading between the lines of what they're not saying.

INTP — Septima Vector

You're Professor Vector, the demanding Professor of Arithmancy at Hogwarts and an intellectual minimalist. Abstract, analytical and curious for curiosity's sake, you love systems and patterns more than you love people. You can spend hours lost in magical mathematics, finding elegance in equations that would make most wizards' eyes glaze over in seconds.

As an INTP, you're fascinated by how things work at a theoretical level. Arithmancy is perfect for you because it's all patterns and systems with minimal emotional messiness. You're not trying to be cold, you're just genuinely more interested in whether the calculation is correct than whether the person doing it feels supported.

ENFP — Horace Slughorn

You're Slughorn, the professor who collects people like some people collect chocolate frog cards. You're enthusiastic, socially magnetic, and genuinely delighted by potential — especially when that potential comes with connections to famous wizards or impressive family trees. You see possibilities in everyone; it's just that you see more possibilities in some people than others.

As an ENFP, you're driven by what could be, which is why you're constantly networking, name-dropping, and mentally cataloging which student might become the next Minister of Magic so you can say you mentored them. You're likable, generous with praise and crystallized pineapple, and only occasionally morally compromised by your love of being adjacent to greatness.

ENTJ — Barty Crouch Sr.

(He's not technically a Hogwarts professor, but his influence is significant enough that we're counting him.) 

You're Barty Crouch Sr., which means you're ambitious, ruthlessly efficient, and convinced that strict systems are the only thing standing between civilization and complete collapse. You don't just follow rules — you are the rules. You rose through the Ministry ranks because you're decisive, strategic and willing to make the hard calls everyone else is too squeamish for.

As an ENTJ, you're a natural leader who sees the big picture. You're competent, authoritative, and terrifyingly effective when you have a goal. You're also the kind of person who optimizes so hard for success that you forget to check whether you've accidentally become the villain. You'd reform Hogwarts in a month. You'd also probably traumatize half the staff in the process.

ENTP — Peeves

(Again, not a teacher, but can you imagine Hogwarts without him?)

You're Peeves, the poltergeist with endless energy who treats Hogwarts like a massive playground for chaos and creative mischief. You're clever, adaptable, and genuinely delighted by seeing what happens when you push boundaries (or the patience of Argus Filch). Rules aren't guidelines to you; they're interesting challenges to creatively circumvent.

As an ENTP, you love exploring possibilities, testing theories about how much mayhem you can cause before someone actually catches you, and finding innovative ways to torment authority figures. You're quick-thinking, unpredictable, and always a step ahead of whoever's chasing you down the corridor. You're also surprisingly competent when the situation calls for it. 

ENFJ — Albus Dumbledore

There could be no other. You're Dumbledore, which means you're charismatic, visionary, and operating on a level of strategic empathy that's either brilliance or manipulation (depending on who you ask). You see potential in everyone, inspire fierce loyalty, and somehow convince people to do incredibly dangerous things because you believe in them that much. It's a gift. It's also occasionally a problem.

As an ENFJ, you lead with understanding people and guiding them toward their best selves, or at least toward the version of themselves that fits your grand plan for defeating dark wizards. You're inspiring, compassionate and genuinely care about people. You're also willing to sacrifice them (and yourself) if that's what your vision requires.

ISFJ — Filius Flitwick

You're Flitwick, the steady, dependable presence who's been doing excellent work for decades because you genuinely care about getting things right. You're detail-oriented, conscientious, and deeply committed to helping people succeed through patience and proper technique. You're also exceptionally skilled but humble about it. You were a dueling champion, but you don't bring it up unless it's relevant.

As an ISFJ, you remember everyone's name, notice when someone's struggling, and offer support without making a big deal about it. You're the person who provides continuity and institutional knowledge while everyone else is caught up in their dramatic plans and personal chaos. 

ISFP — Rubeus Hagrid

You're Hagrid (my favorite ❤️), which means you lead with your heart, live entirely in the present moment, and make decisions based on what feels right rather than what any reasonable person would call "a good idea." You're authentic, loyal to your core, and express love through action — usually by introducing people to dangerous creatures.

As an ISFP, you value genuine connection and hands-on experience over abstract planning. Your loyalty is beyond unshakeable. You'd march into danger for the people you love without a second thought, and you've kept secrets for decades because someone you respected asked you to. Your heart is always in the right place, even when your judgment wanders off into the Forbidden Forest and doesn't come back.

ISTJ — Minerva McGonagall 

You're McGonagall, which means you're holding this entire castle together through sheer force of will and a comprehensive understanding of the rule book. While Dumbledore's up in his office eating sherbet lemons and being whimsical, you're the one actually running the school, organizing the class schedules, and resisting the urge to Transfigure Peeves into something silent.

As an ISTJ, you value structure, duty and competence. You'll deduct points from your own house without blinking if rules are broken, which makes you deeply unpopular with students until they're adults and realize you were the only teacher who actually prepared them for NEWTs. You have zero patience for nonsense, your classroom management is legendary, and you've definitely said “I'm not angry, just disappointed” with devastating effectiveness.

ISTP — Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody

You're Mad-Eye Moody — the real one, not Barty Crouch Jr. You're practical, action-oriented, and your entire life philosophy is “prepare for the worst because it's definitely coming for you.” You troubleshoot problems in real-time, learn through hands-on experience, and have absolutely no patience for theoretical nonsense when practical skills could save your life.

As an ISTP, you value competence and independence above everything else. You'd rather demonstrate how to handle a threat than sit around discussing the theory behind it. You think on your feet, adapt to danger instantly, and have developed genuine survival skills through decades of hunting dark wizards.

ESFJ — Pomona Sprout

You're Professor Sprout, which means you're genuinely, enthusiastically invested in other people's wellbeing in an aggressively wholesome way. You're warm and social, and you express care through practical action — making sure people are fed, comfortable and included. You're holding things together through relentless kindness.

As an ESFJ, you're a people person who thrives on connection and community. You want everyone to feel welcome and valued, and you'll actively work to make that happen. You're traditional and like established ways of doing things, but your focus is always on the people involved. You notice social dynamics immediately — who's being left out, who needs encouragement, who's having a rough day.

ESFP — Gilderoy Lockhart 

You're Lockhart, which means you're charming, energetic and have a major main character syndrome. You live for attention, thrive on applause, and genuinely cannot comprehend why anyone would want to talk about literally anything other than you and your many, many accomplishments (that you definitely did yourself, wink wink).

As an ESFP, you're all about the experience, the aesthetic, the moment. You want life to be exciting, dramatic, and preferably centered on you looking fabulous while it happens. You're spontaneous, expressive, and convinced that charisma can substitute for actual competence. Why learn defensive spells when you can learn to smile in all sorts of photogenic angles?

ESTJ — Dolores Umbridge

I'm so sorry. You're Umbridge. Before you hex me, please understand — this is about structure and order taken to authoritarian extremes, not about you being evil. (You're not evil. Probably.)

As an ESTJ, you value rules, clear hierarchies and organizational control. Umbridge takes these traits and runs them through a nightmare filter until they emerge as bureaucratic tyranny. She's obsessed with proper procedure, enforces rules with zero flexibility, and believes the system is more important than the individuals within it. If you're a healthy ESTJ, you're nothing like Umbridge — you're McGonagall's organizational competence without the sadism. But this typing is a warning about what happens when ESTJ traits go wrong: rules become weapons, order becomes oppression, and “for the greater good” becomes “because I said so.”

ESTP — Godric Griffindor

You don't just get sorted into Gryffindor — you ARE Gryffindor. The actual founder. The legend himself. You're bold, action-oriented, and your solution to most problems is “let's do something incredibly brave and/or reckless and see what happens.” You live in the moment, trust your instincts, and genuinely believe that courage and quick thinking can get you through anything. You're not wrong as often as you should be, which only encourages you.

You value bravery, directness, and people who can keep up with your ESTP energy. You don't overthink things — you see an opportunity, you take it. You're magnetic, confident, and your legacy is essentially “be bold, fight stuff, worry about consequences never.” 

Welcome to the Staff 

There you go — your official Hogwarts staff placement. If you're unhappy with your result, you can always retake the TypeFinder® test until you get Dumbledore. Or you can embrace being Peeves. Either way, the Sorting Hat has spoken, and it's legally binding.